The Impact of Higher Achievement’s Year-Round Out-of-School Time Program on Academic Outcomes

Posted by on November 27, 2011

AYPF Webinar Invitation: December 6th – The Impact of Higher Achievement’s Year-Round Out-of-School Time Program on Academic Outcomes

Join us for a Webinar on December 6

Space is limited.
Reserve your Webinar seat now at:
https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/674175400

Providing youth from historically disadvantaged backgrounds with the resources they need to succeed is challenging.  Educators and policymakers are increasingly paying attention to out-of-school-time programs as a way of providing academic supports to help close the achievement gap, especially for students as they transition from elementary to middle grades.

Higher Achievement, a Washington, DC-based nonprofit, is one of these programs. The program not only provides youth with a rigorous afterschool and summer academic experience, but also targets youth as they transition to middle school—a particularly daunting transition point where even strong students can fall behind—and serves them throughout the middle school years. The program also explicitly helps students apply to competitive high schools.  Students in the after-school program engage in sessions that include homework help, dinner, an arts or recreation elective, a “community gathering,” and 75 minutes of small-group academic instruction using a structured curriculum.  In addition, students participate in monthly field trips, career shadowing days, community service projects, and college visits.

The report discussed at this webinar summarizes the encouraging interim results of a groundbreaking study.  Public/Private Ventures and Dr. Leigh Linden from the University of Texas at Austin recently completed the 24-month component of the larger evaluation (which will follow youth for 48 months) with positive initial findings.   Panelists will provide an overview of Higher Achievement, examine the research findings, showcase one of the program sites, and address implications for policy and practice.

Presenters include:
Richard Tagle, CEO, Higher Achievement
Lynsey Wood Jeffries, Executive Director, Higher Achievement DC Metro
Dr. Carla Herrera, Senior Research Fellow, Public/Private Ventures

Title:
The Impact of Higher Achievement’s Year-Round Out-of-School Time Program on Academic Outcomes

Date:
Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Time:
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM EST

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

System Requirements
PC-based attendees
Required: Windows® 7, Vista, XP or 2003 Server

Macintosh®-based attendees
Required: Mac OS® X 10.5 or newer